The demise of Klout

We have had to update the algorithm since the social influence platform Klout shut down earlier this year.
Klout was widely criticized throughout its life, however it was probably the best aggregation of social media impact available, incorporating responses to activity on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and other platforms.

Since the demise of Klout, Peerindex, and other influence engines after their heyday we have chosen to replace Klout in our algorithm with Followerwonk Social Authority. This analyzes authority on Twitter only, however Facebook and LinkedIn now share very little user data so rankings tools cannot effectively incorporate these platforms into their measures.